NAT. CROAT. VOL. 19 No 2 3381– 88 ZAGREB December 31, 2010 original scientific paper / izvorni znanstveni rad A REVISION OF CLEARWING MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA: SESIIDAE) IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN ZAGREB AND THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE VARA@DIN MUNICIPAL MUSEUM @ELJKO PREDOVNIK Polzela 68 c, SI-3313 Polzela, Slovenija (
[email protected]) Predovnik, @.: A revision of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in the collections of the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb and the Entomological Department of the Vara`din Municipal Museum. Nat. Croat., Vol. 19, No. 2, 381–388, 2010, Zagreb. The results of a re-examination of specimens of clearwings (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) deposited in the Vara`din Municipal Museum and the Croatian Natural History Museum (CNHM) in Zagreb are presented. Re-determination confirmed 21 species from 6 genera among the 142 clearwing moth specimens from Croatia. Key words: Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, Croatian museums, fauna, redetermination Predovnik, @.: Revizija staklokrilki (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) u zbirkama Hrvatskoga prirodo- slovnog muzeja u Zagrebu i Entomolo{koga odjela Gradskog muzeja u Vara`dinu. Nat. Croat., Vol. 19, No. 2, 381–388, 2010, Zagreb. Izneseni su rezultati ponovnog pregleda entomolo{kih zbirki staklokrilki (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) pohranjenih u Gradskom muzeju u Vara`dinu i Hrvatskom prirodoslovnom muzeju u Zagrebu. Me|u 142 primjerka staklokrilki iz Hrvatske kroz redeterminaciju je utvr|ena 21 vrste iz 6 rodova. Klju~ne rije~i: Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, hrvatski muzeji, fauna, redeterminacija INTRODUCTION Clearwings (Sesiidae) are a unique family of Lepidoptera, which have expanded to almost 1400 species worldwide, with the exception of Antarctica; 107 species have been discovered in Europe (LA[TÙVKA &LA[TÙVKA, 2001; PÜHRINGER &KALLIES, 2004).